Blog 4: Peer review

I have chosen to reflect on Callum Baylis’ first blog about the Better Lives lectures. He has focused on the theme sustainability, especially on Nick Almond’s lecture about emerging technologies in fashion and “Blockchains”.

Not having attended this lecture and not being aware about the content, which Callum summarized very well, the blog gave me a good overview about Blockchains and their use in the fashion industry. He wrote about the function of blockchains and their positive and negative aspects: “There are already plans to use blockchain in the fashion industry, however rather than being used to make the industry more transparent, its instead being used as authentication technology.”

The blog was well written, creating a flow which helps reading and understanding the text. He used some personal anecdotes concerning the theme Sustainability stating, “Before these lectures I believed that the responsibility was solely on the producers to produce sustainable fashion, however over the course of the lectures, this way of thinking I had was changed.” This made the reader understand his personal view better, giving an insight on his experience.

The blog made me want to watch the lecture and dig deeper into the subject of emerging technologies in the fashion industry.

In addition, I have been inspired by the enthusiasm Callum has shown throughout his blog to learn about sustainability and act: “The better lives lecture I have attended have helped me see that I also am responsible due to my own personal consumer choices, and to be more thoughtful when purchasing something in the future”.

He only wrote about the theme sustainability, leaving inclusivity and diversity out, but as it is his first blog, for which the briefing was to talk about one or more lectures, I cannot judge the fact that he has mainly talked about sustainability.

So, all in all, well done!